Trump fires back in race row saying: Keep Civil War statues
It’s Mission: Impractical as film leap injures Tom
TOM Cruise flies through the air in a daring stunt for his latest movie – only to suffer a broken ankle after a bad landing.
The Hollywood superstar, famous for doing his own stunts, was in London filming the latest Mission: Impossible movie, but suffered the injury after jumping between two office blocks.
Despite wearing a safety harness, the star was unable to avoid a nasty collision.
Production on the sixth film in the movie franchise is now on hold while the actor, 55, recovers. Sources said filming will stop for about eight weeks, but the release date of July 27 next year will not change.
A statement said: “Tom wants to thank you all for your concern.” You can’t change history but you can learn from it. Robert E Lee, Stonewall Jackson – who’s next? Washington, Jefferson? So foolish!
“Also, the beauty that is being taken out of our cities, towns and parks will be greatly missed and never able to be comparably replaced!”
The recent removal of controversial statues has led to a rise in racial tensions across the US.
Confederate statues and monuments are viewed by many Americans as symbols of hate but supporters say they are important landmarks preserving Southern heritage.
Yesterday, Paul LePage, the Republican Governor of Maine, said taking down Confederate statues is “just like” removing a monument to the victims of the 9/11 terror attacks.
Mr Trump faced heavy criticism in the immediate wake of the unrest after he said there was blame on “many sides”.
He took two days to condemn the actions of the far-right groups before eventually branding the Ku Klux Klan, neo-Nazis and white supremacists “repugnant to everything that we hold dear as Americans” on Monday.
However, during a turbulent press conference at Trump Tower on Tuesday, the President appeared to have reverted to his previous stance. He acknowledged there were “some very bad people” among the statue protesters, but added: “You also had people that were very fine people, on both sides.”
Mr Trump has been strongly rebuked by members of his Republican party over his remarks.
He has also been snubbed by a string of American business leaders.
In his latest series of Twitter posts yesterday, Mr Trump showed no sign of backing down.
He criticised efforts in a growing number of US states to remove statues honouring Confederate leaders.